Light off road, camping, good food and a Parks on The Air

I needed to test a few things that I had done to my 4Runner, so I went on a over night trip to the Tahoe National Forest. Two days after leaving the area was closed do to all the wild fires, hopefully it will open soon! I hope you can enjoy the scenery!

 

Really enjoyed the video. Just passed T & G. Retake AE the 19SEP2021. I bought a IC 705 to get started. I wanted to be tactical so finding out about POTA is exciting to me. Thanks again for the video! KK7AKW

 

Sorry to hear the fire problems happening at Tahoe right now:-(

This POTA was BEFORE the fires..

 

You should have lots of fun with that radio for POTA and SOTA!

 

Nice video! Thanks for showing us how it's done. You make it look easy! 73

 

Looks like you had a great time, and really enjoyed it. It seems we often forget that is usually the point of a hobby.

 

I came for the Ham Radio, I stayed for the ‘ken Scenery! Sorry to keep repeating myself, what a beautiful country. Cheers friend.

 

Thanks for allowing me to to come along with you. Well done
Bob W5YZR

 

Nice 1st Gen! Mine is a 1997 3rd Gen.

Chris

 

Thanks Chris, I have another Video on my build. While not Ham radio it does get me to some great place to do Ham Radio.
Could this 1987 4runner be made into the ultimate Overlanding vehicle? - YouTube

 

Great video. You put a lot of thought into that build.

Mine's not nearly as built up. I have a tube bumper (Addicted Offroad) and winch (Warn VR8000) up front, T100 front brakes, a very mild lift courtesy of 4Runner "Highlander Model" springs (mostly to offset the heavier bumper and drawer system in back), and 32" tires. We don't have a lot of crazy rockcrawling around here and I don't like to play in mud, so most of my offroading is to get to interesting campsites and hunting areas.

You mentioned putting on larger calipers and a larger master cylinder. One thing I noticed when I went to the larger calipers (and corresponding larger rotors) was my pedal went further to the floor due to a mismatch in volume. I looked at putting in a larger master cylinder, but it seemed the result was a firmer pedal with less modulation. Some folks offset that by changing the vacuum assist. I found once I got over my discomfort at the pedal moving more, I actually had much better modulation. Did you notice any issues with the larger master cylinder?

Right now it's in my garage while I weld up some rust holes in the rocker panels. One started making its presence known by rust-staining paint, but after cutting out the rust, I went poking around and found a smaller hole at the front end of that panel and another small hole on the opposite side panel. The two small ones are welded up and ground smooth, I just need a thin schmeer of bondo before I paint. The larger hole that got all this started hasn't been patched yet due to lack of time.

And to bring it back to radio, I have a Yaesu FT-2900 with Larsen NMO270 antenna on a homebrew fender mount.

Chris

 

Chris it's been so long since I put the master cylinder on I think like you before the pedal went farther and it fixed that. I have the front fireing speaker FT3200 I think with antenna on roof and custome cb mount on the back, I think you can see it as I walked to the back. Your build sounds good 32's can go across the rubicon. 73

 

You should try out the Palomar Engineers BAS-71 Antenna. It works 80-6 meters. EVERYTHING is included in the box. You need one support and it comes with everything you need to set it up, not including the coax. It's $120 and built like a Tank. HRO has them. You can also change out the Wire by following this Antenna set up guide. https://palomar-engineers.com/wp-co...enna-Typical-Configuration-Notes-11182020.pdf

Here is the main link to the Antenna: https://palomar-engineers.com/wp-co...enna-Typical-Configuration-Notes-11182020.pdf

Good Luck,

Greg

 

Chuck; That was a beautiful video. It's nice to see so much greenery in the forest.

I hope to work you on your next POTA into the woods. Good Job!

 

well done, nice mods.